FIGHT ANNOUNCED UFC Vegas 124: Petroski faces Kondratavičius; Petersen in, Brennan reportedly out

UFC Vegas 124 has been reshuffled in three places, and only one change is official. Andre Petroski will fight Mantas Kondratavičius at middleweight on the main card, the UFC confirmed. It is a replacement pairing: Petroski's Oct. 31 fight against Azamat Bekoev fell through, and Kondratavičius lost his planned opponent, Wes Schultz.

Petroski, 35, arrives on a three-fight losing run, with defeats to Edmen Shahbazyan, Cam Rowston and Cody Brundage. Brundage finished him 44 seconds into the second round on May 16. Before that he won three straight decisions, over Josh Fremd, Dylan Budka and Rodolfo Vieira. He is a Brazilian jiu-jitsu black belt who has fought in the UFC since August 2021.

Kondratavičius, 27, is 9-1 according to his UFC profile. He earned his contract on Dana White's Contender Series with a 66-second first-round stoppage, then beat Antonio Trocoli by unanimous decision in London on March 21. His only loss was a submission in June 2023. He holds a two-inch height edge and two and a half inches of reach, and he also carries a purple belt in jiu-jitsu.

Elsewhere on the card, Thomas Petersen is reportedly stepping in against Gabriel Lorenço after Alvin Hines withdrew, according to Léo Guimaraes. Petersen, 31, is a former LFA heavyweight champion who has alternated wins and losses in seven UFC fights. His latest was a first-round calf slicer loss to Valter Walker in July. Lorenço makes his UFC debut after a first-round TKO of Charlie Cleveland on the Contender Series.

The Brennan news rests on one source. @realkevink, citing Danny Podolsky, says he tore his ACL in the last two weeks of camp. No replacement for Austin Bashi has been named, and the UFC has not commented. If the fight is scrapped, the 14-fight card would shrink.

Watch for official word on Brennan and for a new opponent for Bashi. The card is headlined by Gabriel Bonfim vs. Sean Brady, with Virna Jandiroba vs. Tatiana Suarez as the co-main.